Current State and Challenges for Organ Donation and Transplantation in Mexico

Mexico, officially called the United Mexican States, is in the southern part of North America. It is a democratic republic comprised of 32 states, in addition to its capital, Mexico City. The Mexican territory has an area of 1 964 375 km2, which makes it the 14th biggest country in the world and the third largest in Latin America. Mexico borders the United States of America in the north and Guatemala and Belize in the south (Figure 1). It is the 11th most populous country in the world, with an estimated population of over 132 million people (as of 2018). Although most people speak Spanish, the official language, there are 67 indigenous dialects. In 2015, the Human Development Index was 0.762, ranking Mexico as number 77 worldwide. The Mexican economy is the second largest in Latin America and the 11th in the world. ©2019 Transplantation NLM (Medline).